LSU Ag Center researchers look for better ways to assess pollution in Tangipahoa River
...al wastes on the riversystem and designing ways to manage these wastes, Drapcho says. They'reevaluating such management practices as vegetative buffers, retention ponds andother deterrents to allowing animal wastes to reach waterways. They also wantto help producers continue grazing their cattle without a...USGS prepares for Hurricane Floyd in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
...ies to warn thepublic of impending floods and also manage water levels at locks anddams, levees, and diversions. This information about Massachusetts and Rhode Island streamflows may befound on the USGS Massachusetts--Rhode Island District home page: http://ma.water.usgs.gov/ Hurricane preparedness info...Clemson researchers link federal flood insurance program to accelerated coastal development
... officials and state government developpolicies to manage growth and reduce risk. "We don't have an agenda," he said. "Our research is based on thefacts, and we want those facts to help the policy process."...Hurricane Hugo serves as living laboratory for Clemson University forest scientists
...ily held byprivate landowners who did not actively manage their forests to keep trees in optimum condition. The federal government provided $5 million to promotereforestation and provide technical assistance in the effort. In addition to the direct damage caused by the wind, there was extensivedama...USGS scientists tracking environmental damage from Floyd
...ting fromincreased efforts byfarmers and others to manage runoff and from low streamflows during the recentdrought. Maryland USGS crews are conducting a study of small watersheds in the Pocomoke River tolook at the effects of animal feeding operations and storm runoff. Samplescollected will be analyze...Scientists develop assay for heart disease risk
...en multiplegenetic risk factors must find a way to manage this growing menagerie. In theOctober issue of Genome Research, Suzanne Cheng (Roche Molecular Systems), JohnKane (University of California, San Francisco) and colleagues report a new assayto help scientists investigate composite genetic risk for he...Neurons produced during adulthood react to stimuli
... ofneurons produced after birth - and whether they manage to hook properly into thebrain's complex circuitry at all - was unclear. The team's research suggeststhat these cells are activated during sexual behavior, providing the firstdirect evidence that brain cells produced in adulthood may function in anat...Breast-feeding plays second fiddle to work, study finds
... cumbersome, but some women manage to balance both. Of course, some women have access to child-care. But in addition to granting a mother leave from work, the researchers speculate that employer-provided space and br...Colorado State scientist is Ecological Society of America president
...h. "Americans depend upon ecological knowledge to manage our natural resources, protect human health and to prevent small problems from becoming large, expensive problems," she said. "To solve the increasingly complex environmental problems will require that researchers integrate their knowledge from the ...New Cosumnes River research partnership announced
...at we learn here will have implications for how we manage our relationship with all of the rivers of the Great Central Valley." The work of the Cosumnes Research Group is of critical importance in guiding the preserve's management and restoration activities, said Mike Eaton, director of The Nature Conservan...Genetic extremism overstates risks
...o use genetic engineering, but how you monitor and manage it." Its also worth noting, Strauss said, that the comparatively minor genetic tinkering done with existing trees doesnt even approach the concerns raised by invading species of whole organisms, such as the Dutch Elm Disease that ravaged forests acro...Antibacterial implants could prevent infections, save patients' lives
..., Ratner said, "but the release was too quick." To manage the rate of release, researchers used a plasma process to coat the material with an ultrathin layer of another polymer, butyl methacrylate. When a device is implanted in the body, fluids pass through that thin, permeable outer coating and dissolve t......geological sciences, all of UC Santa Barbara. "To manage and conserve any marine population, we must know the fate of the young produced by that population, and we must know something about the sources of young recruiting to that population," said Warner. The study of the otolith holds great promise, acco...Past climate change effects on mammals may mirror global warming impact
... we deal with global warming and how we set up and manage wildlife preserves. If we don't intervene the impact on mammals will be tremendous. There will be local extinctions across the valleys of the Great Basin and into the mountains." The climate in the Great Basin, which includes most of Nevada and ...University of New Orleans launches Quest
...g a global information system that will eventually manage all Department of Defense manpower, personnel, and pay data. A technology leader ... New Orleans?...The future of planet earth: scientific challenges in the coming century
...ce to ultimate disposition, can help people better manage the use of natural resources and protect the environment. Materials flow is a systems approach to understanding what happens to the materials we usefrom geologic formation, extraction, use and reuse, to ultimate disposal. Accurate models of materials...Perry Institute for Marine Science supports Bahamas 'no take' decision
...k to the Bahamas as a model for how to sustainably manage its own resources, which are in decline due to overfishing and coastal development." Many details remain to be determined, but based on a scientific review of the available information, the first five locations will be in the following areas: Nor...Common algae can be valuable source of hydrogen fuel
...tched over to hydrogen production, but that it can manage for a considerable period of time without negative effects. The researchers first grow the alga "photosynthetically, like every other plant on Earth," Melis said. This allows the green-colored microorganisms to collect sunlight and accumulate a gen...Researchers successfully immunize mice against aggressive cancer
... wants to defend against the cancer but just can't manage it on its own. "Unfortunately in a significant amount of people, the immune system doesn't respond fast enough to be protective against cancer," Johnson said. "With superantigens, we are trying to simply tip the scale more in favor of the immune syst...